Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Mary Smith, of Kimball, Wis., has a new lucky number, 11622. She is this year's big Bessemer Blast 50-50 raffle winner, worth a prize of $33,490. Smith is an Iron County native and moved back from San Diego in 2009. As a kid, Smith said she remembers celebrating Fourth of July with her family in Bessemer. Since moving back home, Smith said she purchases raffle tickets every year and has come come close to the winning number before. Smith said she didn't make it to the Fourth of July p...
HURLEY — The Iron County Human Services Board approved the job description for a billing clerk/receptionist position with the county’s Human Services Department Wednesday, and directed the position be advertised. The position is intended to help cut down on the amount of overtime for the current employees and prepare for software changes in the department “The sooner we can get financial help in that office the better,” Opal Roberts, the chair of the human services board, said. According to information presented to the board, the position will...
Wednesday, July 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evang...
As the smoke clears from the fireworks and people begin to wind down and clean up from the big Fourth of July weekend, many are checking their 50-50 tickets bought at various community celebrations across the Gogebic Range in recent days. Bessemer’s Fourth of July Committee set a record again upping its sales to build a prize of $33,490. The winning ticket is 11622 and was drawn just before Monday’s parade began. No official word has come about a winner, but a committee member told the Daily Globe Tuesday afternoon he had been in touch wit...
Tuesday, July 5 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Wakefield Township Board, 5:30 p.m., township hall. Bessemer City Council, 5:30 p.m., city...
HURLEY, Wis. — Herbert A. Bock, 72, of Mercer, died peacefully early Saturday morning, July 2, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with his loving family by his side. He was born Jan. 1, 1944, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Herbert and Margaret (Coey) Bock, and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1962. He was a self-employed logger in the area with his brother for many years, then worked for the town of Mercer for 20 years, retiring in 2005. Herb knew everyone and loved socializing. He also e...
ASHLAND, Wis. - Aaro A. Maki, 92, of Oma, died Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Ashland. He was born June 28, 1924, in Worcester, Mass., son of the late Matti and Saima (Niemela) Maki. Aaro attended Worcester schools and graduated from the Worcester High School. From May 5, 1943, until Jan. 7, 1946, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the 135th Military Police Company. He served in the battles and campaigns of Naples-Foggia, North Apennines, Rome-Arno and the Western Pacific Antisubmari...
BESSEMER – The 28th annual Bessemer Hometown Run held on Saturday as part of the Bessemer Blast 2016 once again blended good race competition with a chance to bond and reminisce with old friends as well as making new friendships. Temperatures at race time were near perfect (although there will always be complaints that weather conditions are either too hot or too cold). Some 373 runners/walkers participated in the 10K runs and 2 mile run/walks. "We had 300 two mile participants and 73 10K p...
SUN CITY, Ariz. - Virginia R. "Ginny" Krznarich, 85, a winter resident of Sun City and summer resident of Hurley, Wis., died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, under hospice care in Sun City. The former Virginia McCoy was born Dec. 3, 1929, in Chicago, daughter of the late Theodore and Esther (Sprang) McCoy. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas Grade School in Milwaukee, then moved to Mauston, Wis., where she graduated from Mauston High School in 1947. She graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee with...
PENCE, Wis. –– The town of Pence has something that is very old but is also new. It is the renovated, refurbished and refinished basketball gymnasium in the Pence Community Center. Believed to have been built in 1944, the gym was considered something special for its time and even had the narrow lanes with a circular-lined top that made it look like a key. The narrow lanes with the round top first came into being in the 1920s. Deke Routheaux, who worked on the resurfacing and renovating, alo...
HURLEY - The unexpected death of owner William Murray has left the future of his property on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Silver Street in Hurley up in the air. Murray, 67, died June 17 in Madison from complications with a medical procedure. Iron County Board chairman and Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi said he plans talk to Murray's significant other once the family business surrounding the funeral is finished to see how she wants to handle the property. He isn't sure whether she plans to continue...
HURLEY - Starting today, Will Andresen - the former department head and community resource development agent for Iron County's University of Wisconsin Extension Office - will begin working as regional director for the UW-Extension's North-Central Region. Andresen said the position is a two-year interim position overseeing the region stretching from Iron County to Green Lake. "It's a two-year interim (position), which could be less depending on how our reorganization goes," Andresen said. "It's...
Thursday, June 30 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. City of Ironwood Election Commission, 11:45 a.m., Assessor’s Office at the Municipal Memorial Building, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5...
Wednesday, June 29 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Story Time at Burger King, 11 a.m., Burger King, Ironwood. All ages Welcome. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Harding Club, 1 p.m., clubhouse, Bessemer. Iron County Veterans Service Off...
HURLEY - The Iron County Health Department has three summer interns this year, who are working on testing the area wells as part of an effort to study the county's groundwater. Mariano Maniscalco, a biochemistry major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a certificate in global health; Kristina Femla, who recently graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a degree in hydrogeology; and Pang Vue, an environmental health major at UW-Oshkosh started their summer internships earlier in June....
HURLEY — Deputy Treasurer Clara Maki was appointed as the new Iron County treasurer during an approximately 30 minute meeting of the Iron County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Maki thanked the board for its support. “I’d like to thank you all for your support and your confidence in me. I appreciate it, thank you,” Maki said. She said she was appointing Debra Massoglia, of Saxon — formerly with the Iron County Credit Union — as her deputy. Massoglia started her job Thursday. Maki replaces former treasurer Mark Beaupre, who retired this month....
HURLEY — Owners of the recently purchased Hurley Inn are working to reopen the property as a motel this fall. Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi said he has been in contact with one of the owners, Paul Bertelson, and the initial plan is to have 50 rooms open. Pinardi said the building’s bar and restaurant would potentially open at a later date. “Right now, the city of Hurley has enough restaurants and bars, and (it’s) in dire need of a motel,” Pinardi said, conveying what Bertelson told him regarding the time-line to open. “And I agree.” The idea is to e...
Tuesday, June 28 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Teens Only: Henna Tattoos and Rejuvinate Yourself, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Grades 6-12. 906-932-0203. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center Board, 5 p.m...
DULUTH, Minn. — Shirley Hockenbrock, 73, of Hurley, Wis., died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth. Shirley was born on Feb. 4, 1943, to Otto and Mabel (Zandi) Sorvala. She married David Hockenbrock on Feb. 21, 1970, at First Presbyterian Church in Hurley by Reverend James Walker. Shirley was an instrumental member of First Presbyterian Church in Hurley. Shirley was also very active participant at the Iron County Fair, where she enjoyed entering her many talents into the fair exhibits, including her canned goods, baked goo...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Evelyn B. Fabbri, 85, of Ironwood, died peacefully Friday, June 17, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. The former Evelyn B. Pucilowski was born July 4, 1930, in Bessemer, daughter of the late Bartec and Josephine (Todryk) Pucilowski, and attended Bessemer schools. She worked at Joe's Pasty Shop in downtown Ironwood for one year, then was united in marriage to Jean Fabbri on July 23, 1949, at St. Sebastian Catholic Church in...
DULUTH, Minn. — Shirley Hockenbrock, 73, of Hurley, Wis., died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. Shirley was born on Feb. 4, 1943, to Otto and Mabel (Zandi) Sorvala. She married David Hockenbrock on Feb. 21, 1970, at First Presbyterian Church in Hurley by Rev. James Walker. Shirley was an instrumental member of First Presbyterian Church in Hurley. Shirley was also very active participant at the Iron County Fair, where she enjoyed entering her many talents into the fair exhibits including, her canned goods, baked goods,...
Monday, June 27 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Fun and Games at Depot Park, 11 a.m., Ironwood Depot Park. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Finnish Language Classes, 3 p.m. beginners, 4 p.m. advanced, Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Festival Ironwood Committee, 7 p.m., Depot Park, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement,...
Saturday, June 25 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Story Time: Plantzilla, 10:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Juhannus Celebration, 6 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Music by Gary Schlais 6-9 p.m., Bonfire at 9 p.m. 906-932-1608. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6-7 p.m., Church of Transfiguration, Ironwood. Open speaker meeting and potluck...
HURLEY - With the parking lot full of motorcycles, American Voyager Association members gathered at the Iron County Memorial Building for a banquet and award ceremony Thursday evening to conclude their 27th annual rally. Earlier in the day, riders went on self-guided tours to a variety of regional destinations, including Clam Lake, Chequamegon Bay, Bayfield and Madeline Island. During the "long ride," AVA board member Don Medina, of Half Moon Bay, Calif., said he enjoyed seeing the beautiful...
Thursday, June 23 Cuddlebugs Babies and Toddlers Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Top Chef Competition, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Grades 3-6. Register at 906-932-0203. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Pokemon Group, 4-5...
